How’s this for a fake?

All credit to Bilby, who pointed out in comments here what everyone else missed except for Kathryn Lopez (she may have gotten tipped by Bilby–I haven’t heard yet):

The caption reads: “A Lebanese man runs away from the burning ruins of a building destroyed during an overnight Israeli air raid on Beirut’s suburbs August 5,2006. Many buildings were flattened during the attack.
REUTERS/Adnan Hajj”

Okay, makes sense for someone to run from a burning building that’s just been attacked. But the destruction came from “an overnight” air raid. But the picture, clearly, was taken during daylight hours.

Damn right! As Bilby said, “Well, you and some people at Free Republic were concentrating on pixels and potential photoshops when the most important aspects relate to the caption on the photo.” Right in front of my damn face! HA!

Of course, I can’t find the photo on the wires right now…still looking…because Reuters?/Yahoo News seems to have pulled it or something, presumably because Reuters canned Adnan Hajj. Here’s the link for now, but I’ll keep updating this.

Here’s where I raised the issue. I know this is garbled, but I haven’t slept for shi’ite.

UPDATE @22:43 - Found it. Click the photo for full-size.

A Lebanese man runs away from the burning ruins of a building destroyed during an overnight Israeli air raid on Beirut\'s suburbs August 5,2006. Many buildings were flattened during the attack. (Adnan Hajj/Reuters)

A Lebanese man runs away from the burning ruins of a building destroyed during an overnight Israeli air raid on Beirut’s suburbs August 5,2006. Many buildings were flattened during the attack. (Adnan Hajj/Reuters)

So if the building was destroyed overnight, why IS he running away? He sure as hell doesn’t look to me like he was IN the building; I’d expect a little dirt or dust or something. Not a clean white hat, at the very least. And the point is, why is he “running away” hours after the building was destroyed overnight? That’s some pretty misleading copy (also known as “bullshi’ite”), wouldn’t you say?

Here’s the photo enlarged and cropped:

Now click this thumbnail to see the photoshop question.
Adnan Hajj - Reuters photo

It may NOT be a photoshop job, like Bilby said. I’m no Photoshop pro (obviously). Whether it is or not photoshopped, I say that the caption with the photo is FALSE.

UPDATE again, because Vinnie makes a point that goes with this BS’d caption issue. Read.

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10 Responses to “How’s this for a fake?”

  1. GravatarAugust 6th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
    Michelle Malkin says:

    A smoke-clearing blogswarm

    ***scroll for updates…keep sending your finds and i’ll keep adding to this post (which I’ll send to Reuters’ global picture editor tomorrow for comment)…second Hajj Photoshop unmasked below involving Israeli F-16…will Reuters address the secon…



  2. GravatarAugust 6th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
    MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Meanwhile, more Reuters Hezbollywood? says:

    [...] Michelle Malkin is updating with stuff as it progresses. UPDATE @20:45: Is anyone going to look at this? I noted it in the original post, but it died there. I don’t know exactly what to look for. Maybe it’s nothing, I dunno. UPDATE: @2316: New post here about the photo in the 2045 update. ALSO: Jeff Harrell has more photo geek tech stuff here about the F-16 photo that Rusty broke here, which, if you haven’t noticed already, is the hot item right now. (I wonder if Jeffy would look at this one too?) [...]



  3. GravatarAugust 7th, 2006 at 5:44 am
    MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy » Blog Archive » REUTERGATE - Picture killed, better photoshop(?) provided by Reuters says:

    [...] How’s This for a Fake? [...]



  4. GravatarAugust 7th, 2006 at 6:03 am
    MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Who is Adnan Hajj? (UPDATES) says:

    [...] How’s This for a Fake? [...]



  5. GravatarAugust 7th, 2006 at 7:04 am
    MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Reutergate / Adnan Hajj says:

    [...] How’s This for a Fake? [...]



  6. GravatarAugust 7th, 2006 at 9:51 am
    sa says:

    And where’s the rest of the guy’s left pantleg? And His Left Foot?



  7. GravatarAugust 7th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
    NoisyRoom.net » Blog Archive » A smoke-clearing blogswarm says:

    [...] ***scroll for updates…keep sending your finds and i’ll keep adding to this post (which I’ll send to Reuters’ global picture editor tomorrow for comment)…second Hajj Photoshop unmasked below involving Israeli F-16…will Reuters address the second photo? Contact info here…1120pm Eastern: another catch from Power Line…Beth at MyVWRC has a caption question…*** [...]



  8. GravatarAugust 7th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
    RightWinged.com says:

    EXCLUSIVE: Another BIG Reuters / Adnan Hajj Scandal Busted

    I was turned on to yet another Hajj scandal by reader Michelle, and have dug a little deeper to add to it. Obviously Hajj is officially discredited so the piling on isn’t necessary, but the point still remains that Reuters…



  9. GravatarAugust 7th, 2006 at 11:56 pm
    RightWinged.com says:

    PHOTOS: “Green Helmet’s” Friend “White T-Shirt” A Hizbollah Fighter?

    This is one I’ll leave for readers and especially photo experts to decide on their own, but reader Michelle wonders if the man known as “White T-Shirt” (yeah, “Green Helmet’s Qana pal), is actually the same man as a Hizbollah…



  10. GravatarAugust 8th, 2006 at 12:31 am
    Bill Faith says:

    Two Hezzies talking

    Hezzie # 1: I can’t seem to tell my camels apart for shi’ite.

    Hezzie # 2: How about measuring how tall they are?

    Hezzie # 1 (later): That was a wonderful idea! The white ones a good 6 inches taller than the black one!



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